Excellent Marketline reports in depth country profiles with chapter on social aspects of country.

Films on Demand Country CultureFilm clips on countries and management practices around the world. Custom clips can be embedded into your presentations. Kanopy Films: Search Marketing Series 2: The 4 Ps. Videos with case examples, interviews on strategy.

Gobal Business Information

Euromonitor PassportMKTG 448Consumer industries and country studies and in depth market reports and statistics

Can do a KEYWORD Search OR Use the Search "tree" [multiple ways to get at data]

"Full-text journals, case studies, dissertations, working papers, key newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times, as well as country-and industry-focused reports and data. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world" (Source: ABI/INFORM).

Emerald InsightProvides global perspectives scholarly articles with access to the fulltext of 100 journals in business and management, information science, and other disciplines.

Business News

Professional analysis of case studies requires more than these recommended sources. In addition to these recommended business news sources use the library OneSearch Home Page to look across all library material. Expect to narrow and limit your results.

MGMT Human Resources -- Use this for your In-the0News assignnments and Projects

Some full text not available electronically. See papre edition HF5001.H3 (4th floor periodicals)

Case studies are not available in this subscription

Trade and Professional Associations -- Industry Trending News

Look to trade association pages on the free web. Many industry and news reports will identify them. Some information is available free, but most is only available to members. Get around this by searching the associatio name for news reports in the above databases. Examples of trade and professional associations are National Restaurant Association; American Library Association.

Find associations in the industry reports recommended here, such as First Research. Search on the web using .org Find references to associations in news article

Business details, directories,

USA Trade OnlineFor the advanced user. Import / export stats by commodity, country, state and port. In depth -- use to determine commodity volumn by country and rankings."A dynamic data tool that gives users access to current and cumulative U.S. export and import data" (Source: About USA Trade Online). Sign-in required.Quick Start guide on the USA Trade Online

Country Risk Reports and Indicators

Doing Business: Benchmarking Business Regulations (World Bank)Practical info on doing business in a selected country.Compare and calculate business risk in over 175 countries. Topics cover all aspects of starting and operating businesses in the selected countries. Includes business law library in home language that include labor laws, tax and tariffs. Yearly World Bank Doing Business In ... reports available for download.Recommended for GBM 425 and BA 616 view links for law library and download country report, some are more complete than others.

EUROPAGESDescribed as a business-to-business directory for European business establishments. Search by product, service, company name, the directory returns company name, address, email, and maps and catalogs.

U.S. Department of StateThe Business Center web site has resources to help U.S. business in foreign countries. The Countries and Regions web site has country background reports. Embassy listings for each country include resources on doing business in that country including Country Commercial Guides.

Kompass Worldwide B to B supplier networkInternational directory of import/export companies with short company descriptions, contact information, and products and services. Some with web links to company sites.

Directory of United States Importers. REF HF3012 .D54 Published by Commonwealth Business Media and PIERS. The directory is arranged by company name, product (name and SIC), state, trade commissions, embassy and consulate, foreign trade zones, ports, and financial services.

Directory of United States Exporters. REF HF 3011 .D63 Published by Commonwealth Business Media and PIERS. The directory is arranged by company name, product (name and SIC), state, trade commissions, embassy and consulate, foreign trade zones, ports, and financial services.

San Diego World Trade CenterThe SDWTC is an international business service organization licensed by the World Trade Center Association in New York. Members and clients of the SDWTC are primarily small, medium sized businesses or organizations committed to world trade.

APA Citations

Common Business Citation Styles in APA Format

How to Cite in Text:Cite as (last name or company name, year, page number). Example: (Longboard Grotto, 2009, p.23)

Example:She stated, "Students often had difficulty using APA style" (Jones, 1998, p. 199), but she did not offer an explanation as to why.According to Jones (1998), "Students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when it was their first time" (p. 199).

Consult the Publications Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) for detailed explanations and additional examples. Copies are available at the Cal State San Marcos Research Help Desk (BF76.7.P83 2009) or on Reserve.

Recommended Citation Generators:

A note of caution about Citation Generators.... NOT ALL ARE ACCURATE! Like everything, you need to know the basics and use them with caution and expect to make corrections. EbscoHost databases and Proquest have built in citation generators for each article. Use Cite This, or email citation. Known bug: Proquest authors and dates may need reformatting.

KnightCite Hekman Library Calvin CollegeDocsCite Arizona State University to help cite government documentsOwl at Purdue APA Style. Highly recommended. Also note the sample manuscript with notations for APA instructions on formatting.

DOI Digital Object IdentifiersCite the article as you would any print article and add the electronic access information at the end.DOI: To access electronic articles preference is given to supplying an Digital Object Identifier, a unique number for an article. Inclusion of the DOI, if available, facilitates retrieval

Example: doi:10.1108/03090560710821161* If no DOI end with the home page, do not paste the whole URL of the database name.

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. In Title of book or larger web document (chapter or section number).

Author (date of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number, page number. Retrieved from http://nnnnnnn.htm Title of company (date). Publisher, database source. Retrieved from source name.

Media--VideoTo get the data for this YouTube clip you will need to extract speaker or author name, introductory slide, and other info.

Personal Communication(interview, email, phone call)APA rules states that you cite your interviews or emails in the text only since they are not retrievable. Include person's name, type of communication, date. Check with your professor who may also require you to list them in the Works Cited list.